#2C8E8A#2C8E8A

#2C8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.088 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E8A
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -28.56, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 29.20, 192.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0868 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.088 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2971, 21.7147, 27.4250)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E8A #8E2C30

analogous

#2C8E59 #2C8E8A #2C618E

triadic

#2C8E8A #8A2C8E #8E8A2C

tetradic

#2C8E8A #592C8E #8E2C30 #618E2C

square

#2C8E8A #592C8E #8E2C30 #618E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E8A #8E2C61 #8E592C

monochromatic

#0F312F #1E5F5D #2C8E8A #3ABDB7 #65CFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2C8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2C8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E8A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E8A	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.088 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afac',
    500: '#2c8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e8a;
$custom-light: #74afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59045,
    "c": 0.08848,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E8A

secondary

#B66064

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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